You have a right to need things from others.
You have a right to put yourself first sometimes.
You have a right to feel and express your emotions or your pain.
You have the right to be the final judge of your beliefs and accept them as legitimate.
You have the right to ask for emotional support (even though you might not always get it.
You have a right to protest any treatment or criticism that feels bad to you.
You have a right to negotiate for change.
You have a right to say no; saying no doesn't make you bad or selfish.
You have a right to choose not to respond to a situation.
You have a right, sometimes, to inconvenience or disappoint others.
You have a right to want things.

from the DBT Therapy Skills Workbook

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I really am getting into Enya and so thankful for the people who got me the CD.

I bought some construction paper to make people cards.

It's a beautiful, beautiful day. Still getting poems in the mail and writing new ones.

Cheers.